Estevão Surname

9,554th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59,248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Estevão Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Estevão Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique31,5171:865203
Angola23,8601:1,131198
Portugal2,7171:3,834453
Brazil8941:239,4579,230
Cape Verde711:7,460276
São Tomé and Príncipe371:4,795391
United States271:13,424,405494,117
France271:2,460,101186,232
England241:2,321,58686,519
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

The alternate forms: Estêvão (17) & Estévão (9) are calculated separately.

Estevão (35,746) may also be a first name.

Estevão Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Estevão Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Estevão is carried by more people in Mozambique than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Estêvão or Estévão. Click here for further possible spellings of Estevão.

How Common Is The Last Name Estevão? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 9,554th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 123,001 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Estevão are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Estevão is also the 24,340th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 35,746 people.

The last name Estevão is most prevalent in Mozambique, where it is carried by 31,517 people, or 1 in 865. Barring Mozambique this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 40 percent reside and Portugal, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Estêvão9517/
Estévão959/
Estevon86140/
Estevom8668/
Esteva778,872/
Estevu773/
Estevõ771/
Estevam7139,300/
Estevan713,741/
Estevas7176/
Estebon7111/
Esteeva714/
Estevaz714/
Estevie713/
Estevad712/
Estevau711/
Estevaa711/
Essteva711/
Estivou711/
Estevah711/
Estevey711/
Estevee711/
Estevane671,055/
Esteivam677/
Estevant672/
Esttevan672/
Hestevan671/
Esteivan671/
Estevaux671/
Estesvam671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Estevão
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